Lt. General Russel L. Honoré holds a copy of his book during a visit Friday to the Academy of the Sacred Heart. Honoré autographed copies as part of the school's Christmas at Coteau event.

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Evan Moore
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He's known as the "hero of New Orleans," the man who took charge in the aftermath of Katrina.

Now, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré has turned his sights on man-made disasters, among them Lake Peigneur, where Honoré and a coalition of environmental groups he has gathered contend that a proposal to create natural gas storage caverns the size of the World Trade Center beneath the already-damaged lake poses a hazard to the Chicot Aquifer.

"These things (salt dome storage facilities) can be weapons of mass destruction," said Honoré, during an appearance at the Academy of the Sacred Heart on Friday. ...